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1968 Norton Fastback Commando Initially, the Commando was somewhat derided for its rubber mounted engine, swinging arm and rear wheel, and the styling as first displayed was toned down by the time production was started, with the first ones delivered in May 1968. Between then and 1978, when the last batch of Commandos was assembled…

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And they’re off! The track at Isipingo beach (a seaside resort built on a high ridge of sand at the mouth of the Siphingo River, 19km south of Durban in Kwazulu-Natal) witnessed some ‘terrific riding by the two southern centre men’ on their Matchless Metisses. The two ‘won the heart of the South African crowd’…

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Triumph LS 350 For Triumph, all the ‘famous’ models were really 500s or above, through the Model A, Model H, Ricardo, Speed Twin, Thunderbirds, Bonnevilles. None of them were in the 350cc class, a category that for many manufacturers was crucial, particularly in the immediate postwar period. While BSA sold its B31 in vast numbers,…

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1955 Ariel Model KH Chaps who were in the trade in the 50s have told me with authority that different batches of new bikes – and even different parts of the same bike – might well be finished in slightly different colours. This was understandable with the incoming metallic finishes, but it also happened with…

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